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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Fanfares & Fireworks,” the annual Independence Day celebration, starts at 7 p.m. Monday at the University of Florida Bandshell at Flavet Field. The event is sponsored by the City of Gainesville, AvMed Health Plan and the University of Florida.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida a $140,650 grant for the stabilization of its collection of 6,200 works of art. The award is eligible for $226,685 of federal matching funds, bringing the total amount of the award to $367,335.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education Custodial Services Department has won a 2006 Prudential Financial — Davis Productivity Award for designing and implementing a unique cost- and labor-saving program to improve the appearance and durability of high maintenance surfaces in campus residence facilities.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians in June rose four points to 90, reflecting optimism about the long-term future of the U.S. economy, but University of Florida economists say they are unsure exactly why.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Moths: Beauty and Biodiversity” is now on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History through December. The digital prints by renowned artist Joseph Scheer are large format, high resolution scans that bring the structure and beauty of moths to life.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers from Spain, Mexico and the United States will gather in Miami next week to plan for the first observations of the world’s largest telescope – a $160 million behemoth under development for the past six years on Spain’s Canary Islands.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers from Spain, Mexico and the United States will gather in Miami next week to plan for the first observations of the world's largest telescope – a $160 million behemoth under development for the past six years on Spain's Canary Islands.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Community colleges could face a critical leadership gap as administrators born during the early baby boom era retire over the next five years, according to University of Florida education researchers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute is a step closer to being one of the world’s best centers for brain tumor treatment and research after receiving a $5 million gift from the Fort Lauderdale-based Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The wind roared against the house. Shingles and tar paper flew off the roof, exposing bare plywood. The front window buckled, then shattered, shooting glass shards into the living room.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — AIM for Africa, a project sponsored by the University of Florida and Shands Healthcare, will establish the first-known formal arts in medicine program in Africa at the Mater Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Andrea Yates should be committed, not convicted of murder, for the deaths of her five children, according to University of Florida Levin College of Law Professor Christopher Slobogin.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The head of the department of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been named dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida, Provost Janie Fouke announced today.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Elderly patients who develop anemia risk serious health problems that increase the odds they will be hospitalized and nearly double the chance they will die, according to findings from a long-term study by a multi-institute research team.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Permafrost soil blanketing northeastern Siberia contains about 75 times more carbon than is released by burning fossil fuels each year. That means it could become a potent, likely unstoppable contributor to global climate change if it continues to thaw.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts (UFPA) and Shands Arts in Medicine have formed a groundbreaking partnership to bring world-class performing artists from UFPA’s season into the healthcare setting, providing rich, high-level performances and interactive arts events to individuals whose circumstances allow them little or no access to the arts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida pediatric geneticist considered one of the world’s leading researchers and physicians for Prader-Willi Syndrome recently was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists conducting experiments with mice have found evidence that the body naturally replenishes small amounts of cells in the eye essential for healthy vision.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Exposure to pesticides crosses the generations, according to a new University of Florida study that finds daughters of mothers who lived near areas of heavy agricultural spraying may be unable to nurse their children.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Honors Program announced that UF students have won a strong series of national prestigious scholarships and awards this year. For three of the scholarships, Truman, Goldwater, and National Science Foundation Fellowships, UF had the most winners of these awards in campus history.

The Florida Seminar for Teaching on Asia is an eight-session course that gives middle and high school teachers an overview of East Asian history, culture, politics and art while providing an opportunity for interaction among colleagues at the K-12 and university level who teach about Asia.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers have found the largest number of the most distant, youngest galaxy clusters yet, a feat that will help them observe the developing universe when it was less than half its current age and still in its formative stages.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Removing gigantic pythons from a place they're not wanted is no easy feat, but University of Florida researchers have found a high-tech way to make it easier – they're sending radio-tracked pythons out into Everglades National Park to do the work for them.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students and faculty soon will have access to a new interdisciplinary science laboratory in UF’s Health Science Center complex, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Today marks the start of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. After the major storms of the past two seasons, University of Florida emergency preparedness officials want to remind UF students, faculty and staff that the university stands ready to put its preparedness plan into motion should the need arise again.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nikki Hackendahl, D.V.M., a second-year small animal medicine resident at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center, graces the cover of the April issue of Compendium. A two-part article Hackendahl wrote, titled “Insulin Resistance in Diabetic Patients: Mechanisms & Classifications” and “Insulin Resistance in Diabetic Patients: Causes and Management,” appears in the journal.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two veterinarians associated with major small animal practices and a longtime supporter of education in the state of Florida have been honored in the 2006 University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine alumni council’s Distinguished Awards program.

Alligator expert Frank Mazzotti was quoted in a June 15 United Press International story about exotic Burmese pythons threatening the ecology of the Everglades. The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau tip sheet.

Dr. Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff’s research showing that people of Hispanic ethnicity with high blood pressure have a better response to blood pressure-lowering drugs than do their non-Hispanic counterparts was the subject of a June 8 Reuters news service story. The story was the result of a news release.

Dr. C. Parker Gibbs’ research into stemlike cells in bone cancer was cited in June 7 New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) story about the possible link between stem cells and cancer. The citation was the result of a news release.

Zoologist Kent Vliet was quoted in a June 4 Los Angeles Times (circ. 955,211) story about alligator hunters seeing increased business after a series of fatal alligator attacks in Florida.
The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau tip sheet.

Wayne Wallace, director of the Career Resource Center, was quoted in a June 5 Associated Press national story about improving job opportunities for skilled workers. The quote was the result of a News Bureau referral.